While legislation to allow casino gambling has stalled in the House, a move to radically change student evaluation tests has been approved by the Senate.

Senate Bill 1, eliminating open-ended essay questions in the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System testing in favor of multiple choice tests, has gained significant attention from many sides in the General Assembly including Gov. Steve Beshear.

On March 7, the bill's sponsor, Senate President David Williams, R-Burkesville, brought the measure to the floor.

A weekend blizzard is blamed for shutting down the county, causing accidents, cancellations and generating grocery store rushes.

Threats of heavy snow prompted Henry County and Eminence Independent school officials to cancel classes Friday. School was closed all day for Henry County students, while those in Eminence were released at 1 p.m. because of worsening conditions.

Eminence is making up its previous snow days during this week's spring break, but the district will not be forced to make up last week's early release day, a school official said.

But come next year, Garrison must replace her two decades-old TV sets, or adjust to a screen of gray and white fuzz.

Those "rabbit ears" or rooftop antenna devices will be useless after Feb. 17, 2009, when the National Telecommunications and Information Administration will require households to convert all existing analog TV sets to digital ones.

Cable, satellite or other service-paid subscribers won't be affected by the switch.

Election officials will retire the county's 27 curtain-veiled voting machines after the May primary in favor of a more basic paper ballot system, County Clerk Juanita Lashley said. Some say it will simplify the voting process, allowing poll workers to tally votes immediately using a computerized cartridge. The modified system will, like other systems, offer receipts to federal election officials, who are calling for a more expedited, error-free voting process following several flubs at polling stations across the nation.

After leading the Henry County Wildcats to one of their best football seasons in recent memory, seniors Cari Dunaway and Travis McClanahan will take their game to the next level. The duo, which played both ways for the Cats, signed to play for Campbellsville University next fall, following in head coach Chris Engstrand's footsteps.

For the second year in a row, the Pleasureville Colts' football team - part of the Henry County Youth Football League - will hold a mini camp each Saturday in April.

The camp, which is free to the public and open to first through sixth graders that plan on playing for the Colts this upcoming HCYFL season, will be held every Saturday at the Pleasureville Firehouse from 9 to 11 a.m.

"It's a way to get kids out and interested in football," Eastern coach Jason Warner said. "I picked up seven kids from doing it last year so I turned it into an annual thing."